Amtrak F40 #251, now operating as a non-powered control unit numbered 90251, leads an Amtrak Cascades train equipped with Horizon cars through Woodland, WA. The Horizon cars have since been pulled from service, and there's no telling how long it will be until the Vancouver BC to Portland train #517 operates again.
With two sections of the Empire Builder, the Coast Starlight, Seattle, the Cascade Mountains, Columbia Valley and Puget Sound, Washington state offers rail buffs plenty of variety and beauty.
From Vancouver, BC, to Eugene, OR, this route runs along stretches of Puget Sound and the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. The TALGO trainsets that were the line's backbone for many years were withdrawn from service after they were cited in the 2017 crash
